London's River Thames has twenty-seven bridges. But Tower Bridge, the first bridge o

第1题

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London's River Thames has twenty-seven bridges. But Tower Bridge, the first bridge over the Thames as you travel to London from the sea, is the most famous of them all. What makes Tower Bridge so exciting？ Why do visitors come from all over the world to see it？

The thing that is surprising about Tower Bridge is that it is open in the middle. It does this to let the big ships through to the Pool of London. If you are lucky enough to see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air, you will never forget it.

On its north side stands the Tower of London itself. Although they look the same age, the Tower is almost a thousand years old, and Tower Bridge is only about one hundred, it was built in the 1890s. By1850, everyone agreed that a bridge across the Thames near the Tower was most necessary. But the designers argued about the new bridge for another thirtyyears. This took so long because they had two big problems.

l. Tower Bridge is {A、B、C}.

A. about one thousand years old

B. the oldest and the most famous bridge in London

C. the first one you can see when you go from the sea to London

2. The Tower of London is {A、B、C}.

A. across from the Thames

B. on the north of Tower Bridge

C. in the middle of Tower Bridge

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？ {A、B、C}

A. You can see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air at anytime.

B. By 1850 everybody thought it most necessary to have a bridge built across the Thames near the Tower.

C. It took the designers thirty years to argue about the bridge before it was built.

4. Why is the bridge open in the middle？ {A、B、C}

A. To make it special.

B. To attract (吸引) more people from the world to see it.

C. To let the big ship through to the Pool of London.

5. How long was the Tower Bridge built？ {A、B、C}

A. A thousand years.

B. A hundred years.

C. Five thousand years.

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When my wife, who is a Spanish spent her first winter in London a few years ago, she used

to ask me time and again, "Where's the fog？" Almost all foreigners【C1】______to find the city wreathed in yellow-gray mist for most of the year. Dickens, who was.【C2】______responsible for painting this【C3】______in people's minds, certainly wasn't exaggerating in those days, People【C4】______in the nineteenth century that when someone.【C5】______suicide by jumping into the Thames he has chocked by the fog and poisoned by the terrible【C6】______of the river before he had time to drown himself. In fact, the situation【C7】______in recent years. When I was a boy in London city 30 years ago I was often unable to see【C8】______of the road when I left home on winter mornings.

The decisive steps that have turned London into one of the【C9】______cities in the world【C10】______taken at the end of the 1950s. But Londoners still【C11】______that fog【C12】______returns. The change took place as a result of two main improvements. Factories are compelled to install clean equipment【C13】______close down, and private householders were not allowed to【C14】______coal unless it was smoke-free. But the【C15】______ecological miracle in London occurred【C16】______1964 onwards when the Thames Water Authority began to pump vast【C17】______of dissolved oxygen into the river.【C18】______, all the species of fish that had gradually disappeared from the Thames【C19】______1, 800 have returned. Some are even caught by fishermen【C20】______the House of Parliament.

【C1】

A．look forward

B．mange

C．wish

D．expect

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It was not yet eleven o’clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger. W

hile the youth stood on the landing-place searching in his pockets for money, the boatman lifted a lantern. By the newly risen moon, he took a very careful look at the stranger's appearance. He was a young man of eighteen years with brown, curly hair, well-shaped features. His bright, cheerful eyes were nature's gifts, and worth all that art could have done for his adornment (装饰. And now, as it seemed, he was on his first visit to town. He was wearing a rough gray coat, which was in good shape, but which had seen many winters before this one. In his left hand was a walking stick, and a leather bag in his right hand. The bag seemed not so much stocked. The youth, whose name was Robin, paid the boatman, and then walked forward into the town with a light step, as if he had not already traveled more than thirty miles that day. As he walked, he surveyed his surroundings as eagerly as if he were entering London or Madrid, instead of the little metropolis (中心城市 ) of a New England colony

1.What time of year was it in this story？()

A、Spring

B、Summer

C、Fall

D、Winter

2.At what time of day did Robin cross the river？()

A、Morning

B、Midday

C、Late afternoon

D、Night

3.Robin was apparently going to town()

A、to buy new clothes

B、for the first time

C、for the first time in several years

D、on one of his regular trips there

4.How did Robin appear as he walked into town()

A、He was cheerful and excited.

B、He was tired

C、He seemed very sad.

D、He seemed frightened by the strange surroundings

5.How far had Robin traveled？()

A、Over thirty miles

B、From Madrid

C、From a nearby town

D、From London

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It was not yet eleven o'clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger who wa

s lucky to be able to cross the river at that unusual hour by promising to pay some extra money. While the youth stood in the light place searching his pockets for money, the boatman lifted a lamp, with the help of which, together with the newly risen moon, he took a careful look at the stranger. He was a young man of about eighteen years, clearly country brought up, and was, as it seemed, on his first visit to town. He was wearing a rough grey coat, which was in good shape, and which had seen many winters before this one. The jacket under his coat was made of leather(皮), and fitted tightly to a pair of strong legs; his stockings of blue must have been the work of his mother or sister; on his head was a hat, which in its better days had perhaps protected the grayer head of the young man's father, In his left hand was a walking stick, and on his strong shoulders hung a leather bag. Brown hair, well-shaped features(身体匀称), bright, cheerful eyes were nature's gifts. The youth, whose name was Robin, paid the boatman, and then walked forward into the town with a light step, as if he had not already travelled more than thirty miles that day. As he walked, he looked around as eagerly as if he were entering London or New York instead of the little city in New Eng land.

Which of the following statements is true？

A．The boy was rich.

B．The story took place at a cold snowy(下雪的) night in winter.

C．The boatman wouldn't like to send the young man across the river at first.

D．The boatman knew that the young man's name was Robin.

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Those who committed suicide preferred the bridge over the Thames River near London to others because of().

A.its shape

B.its structure

C.its colour

D.its building materials

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第6题

A black bridge over Thames River,near London,used to be the scene of more suicides than any other bridge in the area（）until it was repainted.

A.made a picture

B.painted again

C.built

D.drawn

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Greenwich is on the River Thames, five miles from the middle of London, and its story is 2

,000 years old. The first English people, the Saxons, were fishermen there, and they gave Greenwich its name "green village". Before came the Roman, you could still walk on the old Roman road in Greenwich Park. But the river was the true road to the outside world for the Romans, and for the English kings and queens who later live at Greenwich in their beautiful palaces.

The name of the earliest palace was Placentia. Its windows were made of glass--the first in England. Herry Va loved placentia. But Henry understood the future of his country, too: he knew that England must be strong at sea. So he started two big shipyards at Greenwich, and for 350 years the ships made there were the best in the world.

In 1649, a war started in England and for eleven years there was no king. When the war ended, Placentia was falling down. So King Charles 1I built a new and bigger palace, which is now the Royal (皇家的) Naval College and is open to the public.

At this time, Charles was worried about losing so many of his ships at sea: Their sailors didn't know how to tell exactly where they were. So in 1675 Charles made John Flamsteed the first Astronomer (天文台) Royal, to try to find the answer. Flamsteed worked in a new Observatory (天文台) on the high ground in Greenwich Park. With a telescope he made himself, Flamsteed could look all around the sky. And he did, night after night, for twenty years. Carrying on Fiamsteed's work a hundred years later, an astronomer called Harrison (1693 - 1776) finally made a clock which told the time at sea; and helped sailors to know where they were. You can see Harrison’s clock, still working, in Greenwich’s museum of the sea. Because of Flamsteed’s work, every country in the world now tells its time by Greenwich time.

Who first lived in the place that is called Greenwich today according to this passage ？ ______.

A．Henry Ⅷ

B．Romans

C．Charles Ⅱ

D．the Saxons

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London's River Thames has twenty-seven bridges. But Tower Bridge, the first bridge over the Thames as you travel to London from the sea, is the most famous of them all. What makes Tower Bridge so exciting? Why do visitors come from all over the world to see it?

The thing that is surprising about Tower Bridge is that it is open in the middle. It does this to let the big ships through to the Pool of London. If you are lucky enough to see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air, you will never forget it.

On its north side stands the Tower of London itself. Although they look the same age, the Tower is almost a thousand years old, and Tower Bridge is only about one hundred, it was built in the 1890s. By1850, everyone agreed that a bridge across the Thames near the Tower was most necessary. But the designers argued about the new bridge for another thirty years. This took so long because they had two big problems.

l. Tower Bridge is () .

A. about one thousand years old

B. the oldest and the most famous bridge in London

C. the first one you can see when you go from the sea to London

The Tower of London is () .

A. across from the Thames

B. on the north of Tower Bridge

C. in the middle of Tower Bridge

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage()?

A. You can see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air at anytime.

B. By 1850 everybody thought it most necessary to have a bridge built across the Thames near the Tower.

C. It took the designers thirty years to argue about the bridge before it was built.

4. Why is the bridge open in the middle()?

A. To make it special.

B. To attract (吸引) more people from the world to see it.

C. To let the big ship through to the Pool of London.

5. How long was the Tower Bridge built()?

A. A thousand years.

B. A hundred years.

C. Five thousand years.

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Londons river Thames has twenty-seven bridges. Tower Bridge, the first bridge over the Tha

mes as you travel towards London from the sea, is the【C1】______of them all. The thing that is surprising about【C2】______is that it opens in the middle. It does this to let the big ships【C3】______to the Pool of London. If you are【C4】______enough to see the bridge with its two opening arms high in the air, you will never forget it. Tower Bridge is less than one hundred years old. It was built in the【C5】______. By 1850, everyone【C6】______that a bridge across the Thames near the Tower London which is almost a thousand years old was most necessary. But the【C7】______argued about the new bridge for about another thirty years. The argue lasted【C8】______long because of two problems. The new bridge must look like the Tower of London—everyone said so. It【C9】______not look like a modern bridge. But because of the tall ships it was【C10】______to have a modern design. At last, two【C11】______designers had the idea of an opening bridge. And they made it look like the Tower, so everyone was【C12】______. It was a wonderful success. There was so much traffic on the river【C13】______the bridge opened at least twelve times a day. A hundred years【C14】______, the River Thames was Londons busiest road. Today big【C15】______dont come so far up the Thames. Tower Bridge opens perhaps only twice a week,【C16】______the same wonderful machinery is still working. It can still lift the two【C17】______opening arms—each 1000 tons—leaving seventy meters for the ships to【C18】______. And they can still open and close the【C19】______in one-and-a-half minutes. Things are changing now at Tower Bridge, but whatever【C20】______in its exciting future, Tower Bridge will always mean London.

【C1】

A．widest

B．highest

C．newest

D．most famous

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The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 1666 In four days

it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives. The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King’s baker(面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery (面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the eginning. By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul’s and the Guildhall were among them. Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat. The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the paths of the fire. With nothing left to burn , the fire became weak and finally died out. After the fire, Christopher Wren ,the architect , wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, and the new St Paul’s is among them. The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place : a city for the future and not just of the past.

1The fire began in ____.

A.a hotel

B.the palace

C.Pudding Lane

D.Thames Street

2The underlined word “family” in the second paragraph means _____.

A.home

B.children

C.wife and husband

D.wife and children

3It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that______.

A.some people lost their lives

B.the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

C.many famous buildings were destroyed

D.the King’s bakery was burned down

4Why did the writer cite (引用)Samuel Pepys ？

A.Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

B.Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.

C.To show that poor people suffered most.

D.To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

5How was the fire put out according to the text？

A.The King and his soldiers came to help.

B.All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.

C.People managed to get enough water from the river.

D.Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.

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